Mark Bischoff from Starnet shared his insights with me about the upcoming changes in resilient flooring that will significantly impact commercial flooring professionals. As the President and CEO of the world’s largest network of full-service independent flooring contractors, Mark’s understanding of the industry is unparalleled. His comprehensive experience in the flooring business is evident in […]
Interview with Eileen Goodman, Moody Nolan
As partner and Director of Design with Moody Nolan, Eileen Goodman offers a unique perspective of the flooring industry – from manufacturing to installation to maintenance. Her design career spans over three decades and she’s been with Moody Nolan, a national leader in architecture, civil engineering and interior design, for the past 26 years. Experienced […]
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Interview with PTL’s Lloyd Cooper: How Do We Revive Collaboration in the Flooring Industry?
In my pivotal conversation with industry veteran Lloyd Cooper from Professional Testing Labs, we dove deep into the significant transformations he’s witnessed throughout his career in flooring. Lloyd underscored how we’re grappling with a decline in seasoned personnel, leading to a resurgence of previously solved problems. We reflected on times when the industry was more […]
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Interview with The Moisture Testing Guy, Carl Bredl
Carl Bredl has been in the flooring industry for 35 years and the depth of his experience is impressive. Beginning as a union installer in 1985, he started with carpet, and eventually ventured into hard surfaces, including vinyls, rubber, wood, laminate, concrete repair, epoxy mitigation systems, and resinous flooring. He’s known as “The Moisture Testing […]
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Case Studies
LVT Adhesive & Floor Prep Removal Case Study
Bob Deweese’s team at Rite Rug encountered an unfortunate situation on a recent job where LVT was mistakenly installed over granite tile. In this case study, learn how XL Porosity+ was used to remove adhesive and floor prep without damaging the underlying floor.
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Overlayment Polishing with XL Porosity+
In this XLN Technical Bulletin, discover how one application of XL Porosity+ over hardened cementitious overlayment will remove the hard polymer cap leaving a porous surface with a 100 grit like texture. The four step process is detailed in the bulletin. This preparation application eliminates the need for aggressive metal bond diamonds and heavier equipment. […]
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Post Construction Commercial Carpet Cleaning: Getting Your Floor Ready for Foot Traffic
Commercial floor care providers know that initial maintenance for resilient flooring is imperative to put the floor in service after construction, but how many have considered post construction carpet cleaning to ready the floor for foot traffic? Times have changed and commercial spaces are no longer built top to bottom. Carpet is often installed before […]
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Quick Thinking & Proper Know-How Save Wool Carpet From Near Certain Replacement
Fast action on the part of Miguel Martinez and the maintenance team at ACS Flooring Group in Houston spared a customer’s commercial wool carpet from almost certain replacement after a cement-based product unexpectedly spilled onto the floor. Miguel, Operations Manager at ACS, describes the scene. “An ARDEX floating cement product had been used on the […]
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Suggested Procedures
Recommended Procedures for Carpet Sanitization
Discover XL North’s step by step suggested procedures for sanitizing carpet along with recommended products to ensure the best possible results.
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Suggested Procedures
Recommended Procedures for Disinfection of Resilient Flooring
In this XL North Suggested Procedures PDF, get step by step instructions for disinfecting resilient floors along with recommended products to ensure the best possible results.
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Case Studies
Restaurant Carpet Tiles Case Study
At the request of a carpet manufacturer, XL North was asked to offer recommendations for cleaning the carpet in a restaurant chain. The franchisee owner was upset wit the condition of the carpet, even though he’d just had it cleaned, and he believed the carpet was the problem. Learn the simple process XLN’s Bill Luallen […]
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Restoration of Rubber Floors in School Stairwell Case Study
Thomas Leveille recently discovered the power of XL North’s rubber floor care products during a restoration project at The William E. Norris School. Leveille, head custodian at the elementary school located in Southampton, Massachusetts, was tasked with removing years of built up dirt and grime, including previously applied floor wax, from rubber flooring in the […]
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Reviews are in XL Academy’s Inaugural IICRC SMT Course
XL Academy recently held its first IICRC Stone, Masonry, and Tile Care Technician (SMT) course and certification exam, expertly led by Bill Luallen. This course, focusing on the maintenance and cleaning of natural and manufactured stone, ceramic tile, masonry, and grout surfaces, attracted participants eager to elevate their professional skills over two days in Columbus, […]
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Rubber Flooring Pops on School Stairs After Successful Restoration
Tom Leveille recently discovered the power of XL North’s rubber floor care products during a restoration project on the main stairwell at the William E. Norris School. Leveille, head custodian at the elementary school located in Southampton Massachusetts, explains the job. “The school renovation and addition took place in 1995 and is in great shape. […]
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Service Beyond the Surface: Insights from Facilitate’s Pete McMaster
Pete McMaster, Owner/President of Facilitate LLC, provides insights into his unexpected journey through the flooring industry in my XLN interview. Pete’s roots in flooring began during college when he took a job at a flooring company in Norwalk, Ohio, where he started as a flooring installer. Pete transitioned from manual labor to management through a […]
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Soil Removed During Quarterly Maintenance Highlights Importance of Vacuuming
Infinite Floorcare’s latest blog post, “Using Dry Soil Removal and Encapsulation to Target Deeply Embedded Soils on Flotex,” details the quarterly maintenance process at a customer’s facility on Flotex flooring, where 95.12 grams of dry insoluble soil were removed during the pre-vacuuming phase. The accumulation of such a considerable amount of soil not only stresses […]